Re: More Bog Destruction in Florida

From: Tassara (strega@split.it)
Date: Sun Nov 19 2000 - 00:22:41 PST


Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 09:22:41 +0100
From: strega@split.it (Tassara)
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3343$foo@default>
Subject: Re: More Bog Destruction in Florida


>It is sad to report yet another bog is currently being destroyed in Fort
>Walton Beach, Florida. I have been driving past it every day going to and
>from work. The land has been for sale for over a year now and just the other
>day bulldozers were unloaded. Today 50% of the bog had been cleared. The bog
>had a healthy population of Sarracenia psittacina along with several hundred
>nice S. flavas including red veined varieties. ...

Isn't there in the U.S. any authority who protects wildlife?
In Italy wetlands are now finally considered as important places where to
conserve biodiversity and are usually severely protected.
Did you try to contact your authorities to ask them why the destruction was
allowed?

Regards

Filippo Tassara
Genoa, Italy



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